1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to transceivers, and, more particularly, to a radio frequency identification tag reader used in an RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) system.
2. Description of the Related Art
Japanese Unexamined Patent Application Publication No. 2007-228254 and Japanese Unexamined Patent Application Publication No. 2006-238282 disclose radio frequency identification tag readers.
Japanese Unexamined Patent Application Publication No. 2007-228254 discloses a radio frequency identification tag reader including a circulator with which an antenna is shared for transmission and reception.
Japanese Unexamined Patent Application Publication No. 2006-238282 discloses a radio frequency identification tag reader that uses different antennas (a transmission antenna and a receiving antenna) for transmission and reception.
However, when a circulator is used as disclosed in Japanese Unexamined Patent Application Publication No. 2007-228254, a transceiver is increased in size. On the other hand, when a transmission antenna and a receiving antenna are separately provided as disclosed in Japanese Unexamined Patent Application Publication No. 2006-238282, a predetermined spacing between these antennas is required to achieve the isolation between them and a transceiver is increased in size.
Preferred embodiments of the present invention provide a small transceiver capable of achieving isolation between a transmission side and a receiving side without using a circulator and a radio frequency identification tag reader including the transceiver.
A transceiver according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention includes a transmission radiating element that includes a feeding point and transmits a transmission signal in a first polarization direction, a receiving radiating element that includes a feeding point and receives a receiving signal in a second polarization direction orthogonal to or substantially orthogonal to the first polarization direction, a transmission feeding circuit coupled to the feeding point of the transmission radiating element, and a receiving feeding circuit coupled to the feeding point of the receiving radiating element.
The transmission radiating element and the receiving radiating element overlap so that the transmission radiating element and the receiving radiating element are orthogonal or substantially orthogonal to each other.
For example, the feeding point of the transmission radiating element and the transmission feeding circuit are electromagnetically coupled to each other, and the feeding point of the receiving radiating element and the receiving feeding circuit are electromagnetically coupled to each other.
For example, the transceiver further includes a transmission matching circuit connected to the transmission feeding circuit. For example, the transmission radiating element, the transmission feeding circuit, and the transmission matching circuit define a transmission antenna apparatus, and a frequency band in which a gain of the transmission antenna apparatus is obtained is determined by the transmission matching circuit.
For example, the transceiver further includes a receiving matching circuit connected to the receiving feeding circuit. For example, the receiving radiating element, the receiving feeding circuit, and the receiving matching circuit define a receiving antenna apparatus, and a frequency band in which a gain of the receiving antenna apparatus is obtained is determined by the receiving matching circuit.
For example, the transmission radiating element and the transmission feeding circuit define a transmission antenna apparatus, and a frequency band in which a gain of the transmission antenna apparatus is obtained is determined by the transmission feeding circuit.
For example, the receiving radiating element and the receiving feeding circuit define a receiving antenna apparatus, and a frequency band in which a gain of the receiving antenna apparatus is obtained is determined by the receiving feeding circuit.
For example, the transmission radiating element and the receiving radiating element are electric field emission-type radiating elements.
For example, the transmission radiating elements define a dipole antenna having two feeding points, the receiving radiating elements define a dipole antenna having two feeding points, and the transmission radiating elements and the receiving radiating elements are disposed so that the transmission radiating elements and the receiving radiating elements radially extend from the feeding points.
For example, one of the transmission radiating element and the receiving radiating element is an electric field emission-type radiating element, and the other one of the transmission radiating element and the receiving radiating element is a magnetic field emission-type radiating element.
For example, the transmission radiating element and the receiving radiating element are magnetic field emission-type radiating elements.
For example, the transmission radiating element and the receiving radiating element are loop-shaped antennas located at a substrate, and one of the transmission radiating element and the receiving radiating element defines a loop along with a via electrode disposed in the substrate.
A radio frequency identification tag reader according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention includes the transceiver. A communication target of the transceiver is a radio frequency identification tag including an integrated circuit to store information and an antenna to transmit information stored in the integrated circuit or receive information to be stored in the integrated circuit. The radio frequency identification tag includes a transmission signal generator configured to generate the transmission signal and a receiving signal processor configured to acquire information about the radio frequency identification tag from the receiving signal.
Since the isolation between a transmission side and a receiving side can be achieved with no circulator, a transceiver can be reduced in size.
Since there is no loss caused by a circulator or a directional coupler, a communication range in which communication with a radio frequency identification tag is available can be increased. When there is no need to increase a communication range, power consumption can be reduced by reducing transmission power.
Since a frequency band in which the gain of an antenna apparatus is obtained is determined by a matching circuit connected to a feeding circuit or a frequency band in which the gain of an antenna apparatus is obtained is determined by a feeding circuit, a transmission signal and a receiving signal are not changed regardless of the size and shape of a radiation plate. Accordingly, a transceiver can be further reduced in size.
Since transmission radiating elements define a dipole antenna having two feeding points, receiving radiating elements define a dipole antenna having two feeding points, and the transmission radiating elements and the receiving radiating elements are disposed to radially extend from the feeding points, the feeding points can be located in the center. This provides a simple feeding structure.
Since one of a transmission radiating element and a receiving radiating element is an electric field emission-type radiating element and the other one of them is a magnetic field emission-type radiating element, optimum communication can be performed in accordance with a distance from a communication (transmission/receiving) target.
The above and other elements, features, steps, characteristics and advantages of the present invention will become more apparent from the following detailed description of the preferred embodiments with reference to the attached drawings.
The radio frequency identification tag reader 101 includes a baseband circuit 14, a transmission/receiving circuit 13, a matching feeding element 12, transmission radiating elements 11Ta and 11Tb, and receiving radiating elements 11Ra and 11Rb.
The transmission/receiving circuit 13 includes a transmission circuit 13T and a receiving circuit 13R. The transmission circuit 13T amplifies the power of a transmission signal output from the baseband circuit 14 and supplies the transmission signal to the matching feeding element 12. The receiving circuit 13R outputs a receiving signal received via the matching feeding element 12 to the baseband circuit 14. The transmission/receiving circuit 13 includes a radio frequency IC chip (RFIC).
In this example, the matching feeding element 12 functions both as a matching circuit to achieve matching between the transmission circuit 13T and each of the transmission radiating elements 11Ta and 11Tb and as a matching circuit to achieve matching between the receiving circuit 13R and each of the receiving radiating elements 11Ra and 11Rb. Furthermore, the matching feeding element 12 also has a filtering function of suppressing an out-of-band interfering wave. The matching feeding element 12 preferably includes inductors L11, L12, L21, and L22 and capacitors C11, C12, C21, and C22. The inductors L11 and L12 are used to achieve electromagnetic coupling to the transmission radiating elements 11Ta and 11Tb, respectively. The inductors L21 and L22 are used to achieve electromagnetic coupling to the receiving radiating elements 11Ra and 11Rb, respectively. In this example, a balanced feeding circuit including two capacitors C11 and C12 and two inductors L11 and L12 and a balanced feeding circuit including two capacitors C21 and C22 and two inductors L21 and L22 are provided.
In this example, on the top surface of a rectangular plate-shaped substrate 30, the transmission radiating elements 11Ta and 11Tb and the receiving radiating elements 11Ra and 11Rb are provided. The transmission radiating elements 11Ta and 11Tb extend in the horizontal, or lateral direction from the center of the substrate 30. The receiving radiating elements 11Ra and 11Rb extend in the vertical, or longitudinal direction from the center of the substrate 30.
The inner end portions of the transmission radiating elements 11Ta and 11Tb are used as transmission-side feeding points FPt. The inner end portions of the receiving radiating elements 11Ra and 11Rb are used as receiving-side feeding points FPr. The inductors L11 and L12 are electromagnetically coupled to the transmission-side feeding points FPt, and the inductors L21 and L22 are electromagnetically coupled to the receiving-side feeding points FPr.
Since the transmission radiating elements 11Ta and 11Tb are subjected to balanced feeding from the matching feeding element 12, the transmission radiating elements 11Ta and 11Tb operate as a linear polarization dipole antenna. The receiving radiating elements 11Ra and 11Rb operate as a dipole antenna to receive a second linearly polarized signal whose direction is orthogonal to the linear polarization direction of the dipole antenna defined by the transmission radiating elements 11Ta and 11Tb.
Terminals Txin and Rxout of the matching feeding element 12 are connected to a radio frequency IC chip (not illustrated). For example, the radio frequency IC chip is mounted on the top surface of the matching feeding element 12.
A transmission signal is transmitted with a wave polarized in the horizontal, or lateral direction (a first polarization direction), and a receiving signal having a vertical, or longitudinal polarization direction a second polarization direction orthogonal to the first polarization direction) is received. That is, since the transmission signal and the receiving signal are orthogonal to each other, the isolation between them is achieved.
In the example illustrated in
Thus, since two antennas can be used in a limited footprint without a circulator, a small transceiver can be obtained.
The two inductors L11 and L12 in the matching feeding element 12 illustrated in
Thus, even when the resonant frequencies of the radiating elements 11Ta, 11Tb, 11Ra, and 11Rb are higher than a usable frequency, that is, when the radiating elements do not have appropriate electrical lengths for a usable frequency, the matching between the transmission circuit 13T and each of the transmission radiating elements 11Ta and 11Tb and the matching between the receiving circuit 13R and each of the receiving radiating elements 11Ra and 11Rb are achieved. Accordingly, since the radiating elements have only to be large enough to obtain a predetermined gain, the entire size can be reduced.
In this example, on the undersurface of the rectangular plate-shaped substrate 30, the transmission radiating elements 11Ta and 11Tb are provided. On the top surface of the substrate 30, the receiving radiating elements 11Ra and 11Rb are provided. The transmission radiating elements 11Ta and 11Tb extend in the horizontal, or lateral direction from the center of the substrate 30. The receiving radiating elements 11Ra and 11Rb extend in the vertical, or longitudinal direction from the center of the substrate 30.
The inner end portions of the transmission radiating elements 11Ta and 11Tb are used as the transmission-side feeding points FPt. The inner end portions of the receiving radiating elements 11Ra and 11Rb are used as receiving-side feeding points FPr. The inductors L21 and L22 in the matching feeding element 12 are electromagnetically coupled to the receiving-side feeding points FPr, and the inductors L11 and L12 in the matching feeding element 12 are electromagnetically coupled to the transmission-side feeding points FPt.
Thus, by disposing the transmission radiating elements 11Ta and 11Tb and the receiving radiating elements 11Ra and 11Rb on different surfaces of the substrate, it is possible to suppress and prevent unnecessary coupling around the feeding portions and improve the isolation between a transmission signal and a receiving signal.
In this example, in the rectangular plate-shaped substrate 30, the transmission radiating elements 11Ta and 11Tb are provided. On the top surface of the substrate 30, the receiving radiating elements are provided. The transmission radiating elements 11Ta and 11Tb extend in the horizontal, or lateral direction from the center of the substrate 30. The receiving radiating elements 11Ra and 11Rb extend in the vertical, or longitudinal direction (the direction perpendicular to the plane of the drawing sheet) from the center of the substrate 30. In
A reflective conductor 41 is disposed in substantially the entire area of the undersurface of the substrate 30. The interval between the reflective conductor 41 and each of the transmission radiating elements 11Ta and 11Tb and the interval between the reflective conductor 41 and each of the receiving radiating elements 11Ra and 11Rb are substantially equal to a quarter of the wavelength at a communication frequency in the substrate. Accordingly, the reflective conductor 41 operates as a reflective element, and the reflective element and the transmission radiating elements 11Ta and 11Tb provide directivity in a direction perpendicular to the substrate 30. Similarly, the reflective element and the receiving radiating elements 11Ra and 11Rb provide directivity in the direction perpendicular to the substrate 30. Therefore, an antenna gain in the direction perpendicular to the substrate 30 can be increased, and radiation in an unnecessary direction can be suppressed and prevented. That is, it is possible to adjust a communication range in accordance with the application of a radio frequency identification tag reader.
In this example, on the undersurface of the rectangular plate-shaped substrate 30, the transmission radiating elements 11Ta and 11Tb are provided. On the top surface of the substrate 30, a receiving radiating element 11R is provided. The receiving radiating element 11R has the shape of a rectangular loop. The transmission radiating elements 11Ta and 11Tb extend in the horizontal, or lateral direction from the center of the receiving radiating element 11R.
The inner end portions of the transmission radiating elements 11Ta and 11Tb are used as the transmission-side feeding points FPt. The start and end points of the receiving radiating element 11R are used as the receiving-side feeding points FPr.
The matching feeding element 12 represented by a two-dot chain line is mounted on the top surface of the substrate 30. The inductors in the matching feeding element 12 are electromagnetically coupled to the receiving-side feeding points FPr and the transmission-side feeding points FPt. Thus, the transmission radiating elements 11Ta and 11Tb operate as a dipole antenna, and the receiving radiating element 11R operates as a loop antenna.
The transmission radiating elements 11Ta and 11Tb may be disposed in the substrate 30, for example, at an inner layer thereof.
A loop antenna may be provided with a transmission radiating element, and a dipole antenna may be provided with receiving radiating elements.
Thus, by arranging each of the transmission radiating elements 11Ta and 11Tb and the receiving radiating element 11R orthogonal to each other, isolation between a transmission signal and a receiving signal is achieved.
The directivity of a dipole antenna and the directivity of a loop antenna are different. Accordingly, when different directivity patterns are required without changing the orientations of antennas with respect to the substrate 30, a communication state suitable for application can be obtained using a dipole antenna and a loop antenna.
In this example, the receiving radiating element 11R having the shape of a rectangular loop is provided in the substrate 30, for example, at an inner layer thereof. The receiving radiating element 11R operates as a receiving loop antenna.
On the top surface of the substrate 30, transmission radiating element electrodes 11Tc and 11Te are provided. On the undersurface of the substrate 30, a transmission radiating element electrode 11Td is provided. Transmission radiating element via electrodes 11Tv to connect the transmission radiating element electrodes 11Tc and 11Te on the top surface and the transmission radiating element electrode 11Td on the undersurface are arranged so that the transmission radiating element via electrodes 11Tv pass through the substrate 30 from the top surface to the undersurface.
The transmission radiating element electrodes 11Tc, 11Te, and 11Td and the transmission radiating element via electrodes 11Tv define a transmission loop antenna.
The receiving loop antenna and the transmission loop antenna overlap in plan view, and the loop surfaces thereof are orthogonal or substantially orthogonal to each other. Therefore, the isolation between a transmission signal and a receiving signal can be achieved.
In the transceiver according to the fifth preferred embodiment illustrated in
The difference between this transceiver and the transceiver according to the sixth preferred embodiment illustrated in
By disposing the magnetic sheet 42, even when a metal body is close to the magnetic sheet 42, no eddy current is generated at the metal body and the reduction in the gains of the loop antennas can be prevented.
The radio frequency identification tag reader 101 transmits a wave for a preamble, a wave obtained by modulating a command bit stream, and an unmodulated wave in this order. The radio frequency identification tag 201 stores energy required for an initial operation when receiving the wave for a preamble, demodulates the subsequent command bit stream, interprets the demodulated command bit stream, and returns a response with a reflected wave when receiving the unmodulated carrier. The radio frequency identification tag reader 101 reads the response from the radio frequency identification tag 201, demodulates the response, interprets the demodulated response, and performs necessary processing.
In the above-described preferred embodiments, a transmission-side feeding circuit performs both the matching between a radiating element and a transmission circuit and the feeding of power to the radiating element. However, a feeding circuit and a matching circuit may be separately disposed. That is, a feeding circuit electromagnetically coupled to the radiating element may be disposed for a transmission signal, and a matching circuit may be disposed between the feeding circuit and the transmission circuit. Similarly, a feeding circuit electromagnetically coupled to a radiating element may be disposed for a receiving signal, and a matching circuit may be disposed between the feeding circuit and a receiving circuit.
The matching circuit may have various configurations. For example, the matching circuit may include an inductor and a capacitor. Alternatively, the matching circuit may include a single or a plurality of inductors.
The polarization directions of a transmission signal and a receiving signal preferably are orthogonal to each other in the above-described preferred embodiments, but may not necessarily be orthogonal (90°) to each other under the condition that the isolation between a receiving side and a transmission side can be achieved. That is, the polarization directions of a transmission signal and a receiving signal may be substantially orthogonal to each other.
While preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described above, it is to be understood that variations and modifications will be apparent to those skilled in the art without departing from the scope and spirit of the present invention. The scope of the present invention, therefore, is to be determined solely by the following claims.
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20120190310 A1 | Jul 2012 | US |
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Parent | PCT/JP2010/066291 | Sep 2010 | US |
Child | 13437978 | US |